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Bradyfan83 - Time for a retirement parody? - Somebody's Baby by Jackson Browne (1 Viewer)

Also kind of a shame we already did the We Didn't Start the Fire shtick with the Redskins coaching hiring saga, because "Why Should I Retire" where we just list ****ty quarterbacks from the last 20 years would be the easiest parody ever.

Johnny Football really stank
JaMarcus Russell, Purple Drank
Mike Glennon is really tall
Too bad he can't throw at all.
 
Also kind of a shame we already did the We Didn't Start the Fire shtick with the Redskins coaching hiring saga, because "Why Should I Retire" where we just list ****ty quarterbacks from the last 20 years would be the easiest parody ever.

Johnny Football really stank
JaMarcus Russell, Purple Drank
Mike Glennon is really tall
Too bad he can't throw at all.

Did Bradyfan ever use Candle in the Wind?

Goodbye, Tom Brady
Though you never threw me a ball


 
I really like Lady by Styx because it is anthemic, but there aren't a whole lot of lyrics to work with:

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Just touch me and my troubles all fade
Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I needed
So shy, like a child who has grown
Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady, turns me on when I'm lonely
Show me all your charm
Evenings when you lay down beside me
Just take me gently into your arms
You're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady could work, but I think you'd need to determine the perspective. The rest of the league? An NFL fan who's happy to see Brady go? A devoted fan now losing his idol? Probably not the latter as it wouldn't fit with the sharp digs that make for good satire. ("Brady, you are finally retiring. Thanks, but, please just go.")
Good point and I like the idea in the bold. Sorry if this is a Hipple, but what about modifying "Please Don't Go" by KC and the Sunshine Band to "Please Just Go"?

I'll let somebody with more free time do the lyrics but here are the original lyrics. I think the "I love you" stuff still works but then morph the lyrics into encourage him to "just go" despite the love for him.

I love you
Yeah
Babe, I love you so
I want you to know
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay
If you leave, at least in my lifetime
I've had one dream come true
I was blessed to be loved
By someone as wonderful as you
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay
Hey, hey, hey
Yeah
Babe, I love you so
I, I want you to know
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Hey, hey, hey
I need your love
I'm down on my knees
Beggin' please, please, please
Don't go
Don't you hear me, baby?
Don't leave me now
Oh, no, no, don't go
Please don't go
I want you to know
That I, I, I love you so
Please don't leave me, baby
Please don't go
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Most people have been playing with "baby" translating to "Brady", which could still happen here, but this song also gives you "somebody's" that matches syllables with "Tom Brady's" pretty well...
...got to be Tom Brady's ______
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Most people have been playing with "baby" translating to "Brady", which could still happen here, but this song also gives you "somebody's" that matches syllables with "Tom Brady's" pretty well...
...got to be Tom Brady's ______
Great point!
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes = Well, just look at that guy with the pads coming out of his thighs
She's got to be somebody's baby = Could this be love it's a maybe
She must be somebody's baby = We all lust after Tom Brady

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Well, llook at that guy eating dnner at the Denny's at five
I can't believe it's come to this Brady.
I can't believe it's come to this Brady.
Can't believe we're here now after all this time.
 
Oh Brady, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Brady, hey Brady


ETA: I did not read any of this thread, I just think he is dreamy :wub:
 
My boat sails stormy seas
Battles oceans filled with tears
At last my port's in view
Now that I've discovered you

Oh, I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle Brady
Give it freely and completely
To my Brady

As life goes drifting by
Like a breeze, he'll gently sigh
And slowly bow his head
Then you'll hear him softly cry

Oh, I'd give my life so lightly
To my gentle Brady
Give it freely and completely
To my Brady
 
Keep the lyric ideas coming for Somebody’s Baby! Once we have enough ideas we will try to assemble and I can record this weekend.

Is there someone who can do the slideshow/video?
 
I really like Lady by Styx because it is anthemic, but there aren't a whole lot of lyrics to work with:

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Just touch me and my troubles all fade
Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I needed
So shy, like a child who has grown
Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady, turns me on when I'm lonely
Show me all your charm
Evenings when you lay down beside me
Just take me gently into your arms
You're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear and lovely
You're my lady
Lady could work, but I think you'd need to determine the perspective. The rest of the league? An NFL fan who's happy to see Brady go? A devoted fan now losing his idol? Probably not the latter as it wouldn't fit with the sharp digs that make for good satire. ("Brady, you are finally retiring. Thanks, but, please just go.")

This is an important point. At the outset, it’s worth noting that bradyfan83 is, in fact, a huge fan of Brady. So I do think a song that hates on him runs counter to his persona. But the way you can thread the needle is to have a love song (or song of devotion) that nevertheless references all those things perhaps in a back handed way. Like he’s so fine, even if he does weigh less than he did in middle school.

I’m trying not to fixate too much on Somebody’s Brady to the exclusion of other great ideas, but I love the “he’s so fine” tag.
Won't the real slim Brady please stand up


Sorry. I couldn't help myself. And also, rapping b.i.g. ftw.
 
Many many Sunday nights go by
you keep underthrowing guys left and right
Don't want no fake retirement or your ego
It's time to go, to go
Brady, it's you
 
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Hopefully we have folks way more creative than me weight in. But here’s another potential contribution:

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

Becomes:

There’s nobody left to deflate his balls

I’ll take ‘em high and tight (alternative line: “There’s no more Matt Light”)

Yeah, I’m gonna go spy on Tom Brady tonight
 
So, I'd like to contribute, but I'm generally unclear on the sentiment.

Is the theme that we just want Brady to go? Is it that we don't want him to? I'm, respectfully, confused.
 
I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get him out of my sight
He's a karate instructor, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to him, I'm gonna kung-fu him tonight
 
bb: think it’s at the point that you should either pick your favorite that you know you can kill it performing, or select your favorite 2-3 and create a poll. We’re getting totally out of hand with all the recommendations, lol. The FFA can be a heat seeking missile if it has a specific target but more like an uncontrolled cluster bomb without a target

Fair enough. Sorry, got busy at work and didn’t have the bandwidth to help guide the discussion. I like Lady by Styx, but there aren’t enough lyrics to have a sufficient number of zingers. Certain of the songs (Lady Marmalade, Dude Looks Like a Lady, etc. I cannot pull off the vocals). Re: @Ramsay Hunt Experience point about using a non-Brady song title, we’ve certainly done it before, but I like using a Lady or Baby song to bookend it with the original. The song I feel most comfortable singing (and I think a good performance is key to the song’s success), has a good level of cheese factor, and has sufficient verses to serve as a canvas for the jokes is Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne.

Now, the title doesn’t have to include “Somebody’s”. The tag line for “She’s got to be somebody’s baby” could be “I’m still so in love with Brady” or something else altogether. But I do think it has to be cast as a love song, but with all sorts of backhanded digs and embarrassing references.

Here are the original lyrics:
Well, just look at that girl with the lights coming up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby

All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby, she's so fine

She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, alright

I heard her talking with a friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
'Cause when the cars and the signs
And the streetlights light up the town
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's, she's so fine

She's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight

I try to shut my eyes, but I can't get her out of my sight
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her, I'm gonna talk to her tonight
Alright

Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
She's gonna be somebody's only light, gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, ah-ah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight, yeah
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight
What about "He's got to be somebody's QB. He must be somebody's QB!" QB instead of baby. From the perspective of a Brady lover that is in denial about their favorite player not being on the field next season.
 
I know the song is already picked, but how did we not land on

There‘s a port, in an Eastern town,
With a man, airing footballs down,
And coaches come from miles around
To bring a ring back home

They say they say Brady!
You’re not done yet
What a teammate you could be
Leave your wife, your kids and your worries, but bring Gronkowski. (Doo doo doot, do do doot…)
 
Most people have been playing with "baby" translating to " Brady ", which could still happen here, but this song also gives you "somebody's" that matches syllables with "Tom Brady's" pretty well...
...got to be Tom Brady's ______
Along those lines, "I want to have Tom Brady's baby" or something like that

In any case, :popcorn:
 

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